Introduction: the health system in the general economy -- Health expenditure growth and macroeconomic models -- one: supply and demand -- The MIMIC health status index -- Estimating demand for medical care: health as a critical factor for adults and children -- An empirical model of the demand...

Despite spatial statistics and spatial econometrics both being recent sprouts of the general tree ""spatial analysis with measurement""—some may remember the debate after WWII about ""theory without measurement"" versus ""measurement without theory""—several general themes have emerged in...

This volume is mainly concerned with methods of estimating income elasticity. It is connected with economic development that can be achieved by reducing income inequality, a highly relevant subject in today's world for a wide range of policy areas.

Tinbergen-Bos Systems (TBS) operationalise LÃsch's general spatial economic equilibrium model in terms of "centers" (clusters of activities) and "systems" (combinations of centers). The initial specifications are generalised to a non-discrete metric, and a method is derived to solve the...